Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-01 | Page 1 | British Ship Sunk; All Perish

i. 1 I us uS aI me r kilish Ship Sunk All p rish sh REPORTS fl i MANY liNERS I NOW ow IN Ti ZONE lONE DANGER r WELVE BiG LINERS I IN INV V WR Aft lONE Zo IThe if The s scheduled opening of the new submarine e campaign of e powers which was Set for today finds twelve big ebig ier lers in or near the war zone in which Austrian an and German Gernian boats are are te operating r THE LINERS ARE of the White Star line Norwegian Norwegian- Italia It Italian li n line American line I Italian line America Italian Jine ine Caf French line Patria Fabre line Philadelphia American line Cunard line and C Con Con- Finland in American line ser ser- n V vice Ce e. e Greek line None o of these steamers steam t is believed to be armed ey i mounted guns ns at sea S S S S I LONDON March 1 The Th The British steamship Th Thornaby r a y iS rs re re re- re 5 rr to l.-to t have been teen sunk a all the m members bers of the cre crew having been S S S 1 J ai or r drowned drowned- Thornaby was owned in West Hartlepool Engla England d. d Her to tonnage age w was vs S' S 17 1782 2 She was 25 8 feet fee lo long g i Ih EW V YORK M March The Th The Italian Itan st steamship ams 1 p o one e ene I t the ne ie ships which hive have had guns gUn placed d on board boar by tf the e lt Italian li n is te today believed to to b be in the te war zone with v cabin 72 steerage passengers o on bo board rd Ne New Yok r p QI a vl s' s S r Y L l agent g n t 1 ody oday salted from Naples on S I the British censorship censorship- prevents transmission 1 of de- de in the reported sin sinking of the Thornaby th the reference li h he members of the crew having probably been killed d or drowned cates tes she was sunk by a mi mine e o r a torpedo S The German and Austrian decrees regarding the sinking of ltd led merchantmen without warning went vent into effect at midnight Thornaby is the the first vessel vessel whose sinking has been reported ethe e the orders became came operative but the London dispatch does indicate whether she was armed or whether she was sunk before the opening of the month